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【正文】 , if only to survive Thanksgiving dinner with your crazy uncle. And you will have to judge the arguments made by candidates if you are going to vote intelligently. The question I hope you will ask yourself [is]: on what basis will you make those judgments? It would be natural to think that a degree from one of America’s top colleges has prepared you as a skilled judge of political debates. But unfortunately, a recent study found that the smartest and most knowledgeable voters can actually be the worst judges. And the reason is they are most likely to make judgments based on which party is making the argument rather than on the argument itself. Now, I know what you’re thinking. ‘I would never do that,’ you say. But it happens unconsciously all the time. People have a tendency to assume the worst about those on the other side of the aisle. And when it es to those on your side, they tend to see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil. And that’s why – you can applaud if you want – that’s why educated and knowledgeable people excuse these actions that are ethically wrong and defend statements that are blatant lies. 英語演講稿 4 Of course, some people say defending the indefensible is just politics as usual, but I don’t accept that – and I hope you won’t, either. When extreme partisanship replaces reason, logic, facts and data, the country suffers – and special interests win. I’ve seen it time and time again, on issue after issue: gun violence, education, public health, and even one that threatens life as we know it: climate change. Yesterday, I stood with WashU’s next chancellor, Andrew Martin, and the president of Ohio State University to announce that Bloomberg Philanthropies will help sponsor the firstever climate summit of Midwestern universities next year right here on this campus. We were joined by your mayor here, Lyda Krewson, because St. Louis, and WashU, has never…h(huán)as always been a real leader on climate change. Last year, this city was one of the winners of a climate petition my foundation ran. And we are now providing about $ million of resources to help St. Louis increase energy efficiency and expand solar power – a goal that WashU is helping the city to achieve. Thank you very much. 英語演講稿 5 Universities have a critical role to play in helping our country tackle this challenge, and I want to thank everyone at WashU who has been part of that work. There really is no time to waste. The problems drive
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